"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." -Coco Chanel

Sunday, 21 November 2010

Florist

This weekend, I went to the Florist exhibition at SHOWstudio. Some of you may have read my "Flowers in Winter" post, so you might know what the exhibition was about. For those of you don't, it is an exhibition dedicated to floral still life. SHOWstudio is a little shop located on a little street in the Mayfair district of London. Most of the pieces were up for sale, and if I was ridiculously wealthy, I may have been tempted to buy some of these beautiful artworks. Some of my favorites included a sculpture by Andy Hillman, an installation by Michael Howells, and a piece by Nick Knight.

Andy Hillman's sculpture, Hello Flowerhead, was made this year. It features a woman from the chest up with roses all around her head. It is going for $7,000.

Michael Howell's installation was a giant flower that was designed for the Christian Dior haute couture catwalk. I don't know that I would want a giant flower in my house, but it was nice to look at. It is going for $5,000.

Another one of my favorites was an item not for sale, Bloomin' Hell by Julie Verhoeven. It featured a skull, which had been painted and covered with paper flowers. The picture from which the flowers were cut out of had then been laid over the skull.

This last one, Rose by Nick Knight, is something I would definitely want to put on display in my house. It featured a rose that had been cut into 4 pieces, the bottom half of the stem, the top half of the stem, the rose, and a petal. He put each piece in a cube filled with some sort of liquid, I'm not sure what it was, but it was beautiful. It is for sale for $25,000.